The OPEN Alliance (One-Pair EtherNet) Special Interest Group (SIG), a non-profit industry alliance established to drive wide scale adoption of Ethernet-based automotive connectivity, today announced broad availability of its automotive Ethernet specifications. The public release of the specifications is aimed at continuing the Alliance’s demonstrated momentum in establishing single pair Ethernet as the connectivity technology of choice for the connected car.
Analysts predict the automotive Ethernet segment to grow exponentially over the coming years, reaching 15 to 20 automotive Ethernet ports per vehicle by 2020. As the proven technology of choice pervasive throughout the enterprise, Ethernet delivers the same performance and cost benefits to the car environment, creating an efficient, secure, high-bandwidth network on wheels.
Membership in the automotive OPEN Alliance SIG has grown significantly since its inception in the fall of 2011 with representation from >250 of the world’s leading automakers, tier one suppliers and technology companies. The released specifications are the result of the work conducted by numerous technical committees focused on driving interoperability, compliance and testing requirements.
This month the SIG introduced its tenth technical committee, focused on further reductions in energy consumption. Automotive networks rely heavily on partial networking in which some segments are hibernated and woken up on demand. TC10 will focus on establishing support for sleep mode and a wake up mechanism tailored for automotive use cases.